Trends in live births in the past 20 years in Zhengzhou, China

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-337

  Han, Wei ^a   Song, Jiangang ^a   Liu, Aiqing ^a,b   Huo, Kaiming ^a   Xu, Falin ^a,c   Cui, Shihong ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoyang ^a,c,d   Zhu, Changlian ^a,c  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Henan Provincial Corps Hospital   (China)

^c Henan Key Laboratory for Neonatal Brain Injury   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; cesarean; neonatal death; preterm birth; risk factor

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79952954562     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2010.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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